CATLIN GABEL’S STUDENT VOICE
CATLIN SPEAK
By Nico Igarashi ‘26
Walking down the warm streets of Los Angeles, two friends run into one another.
By Priya Klein and Evan Zhang ‘26
It’s late spring at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) and the air is abuzz with excitement for the summer to come: underclassmen rally around spikeball nets in the Quad, seniors find ever-conspicuous reasons to ditch class, faculty map out their vacation itineraries, and juniors lug themselves to the College Counseling Office for weekly sessions of PODS.
By Priya Klein ‘26
It's a bird? It’s a bike? It’s Bianca Knoll Nakayama arriving at the Catlin Gabel School (CGS) campus on her mint green Vespa (affectionately named Peppermint Bonbon after the name for mint chocolate chip ice cream in Knoll Nakayama’s home state of Minnesota)!
By Prisha Garg ‘26
Summer is a time of sunshine, ice cream, and lots of free time.
By Eliana Yoken ‘26 and Meret Pajkic ‘26
Through the wall-to-wall windows of Tim Bazemore's office, which frame a miniature wooded forest, you can hear Lower Schoolers shrieking across the Fir Grove.
By Luna Flores ‘26
Few know that Upper School science teacher Marguerite McKean and Upper School theater director Elizabeth Gibbs used to be Margie and Lizzy.
By Krish Caulfield ‘26
To play Senior Assassin slyly, a senior stows herself in the dark mouth of a Chevy Tahoe trunk, knees to chest, bearing the rubber heat and waiting to pounce.
By Ariana Bajaj ‘26 and Lucia Alvarez ‘26
As spring sunlight stretches longer across campus and the final weeks of school slip by, seniors at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) begin to pack up more than just their backpacks.
By Andy Han ‘26
As the school year rolls to an end and students settle into the easy warmth of summer, we must once again say goodbye to some of our beloved faculty as they part from the Catlin Gabel School (CGS): Mark Amasuga, Becky Wynne, and Sue Phillips.
By Ariana Bajaj ‘26
As rakes clear the weeds in time for spring and seeds are pressed into damp soil, communities around the world celebrate Earth Day.
By Luna Flores ‘26 and Krish Caulfield ‘26
Step into the teacher’s lounge during lunch, and it might just resemble an unassuming restaurant replete with tupperwares full of memories, tradition, and love.
By Maddie Snyder ‘26
“Why do you want to go into a dying career field?”
By Maddie Snyder ‘26
“Why do you want to go into a dying career field?”